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ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty
Twitter has reacted to the Sun’s ‘save our bacon’ election front page in a big way, but is it antisemitic?
Managing Editor of the Sun Stig Abell doesn’t think so…(obviously)
New Guardian nonsense: a piece of laboriously mediocre prose on whether Sun front is anti-Semitic. Of course not, you daft, pious bastards.
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) May 6, 2015
But it is making LA based Ben Winston, executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, feel all #teamEd
I wasn't sure about Ed Miliband. But the personal & vitriolic coverage of him from the mail & sun have made me like him more.
— Ben Winston (@benwinston) May 6, 2015
And it is making Hugo Rifkind more hungry than angry:
Can't look at Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich without really wanting a bacon sandwich.
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) May 6, 2015
Former England star and sports broadcaster Gary Lineker thinks we should give him a break…(but would he share a packet of Walkers Smokey Bacon?)
I'll keep who I vote for to myself, but I doubt I'll be influenced by the manner in which someone eats a bloody sandwich.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 6, 2015
Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz writer added his slice:
Saying "north London geek can't eat bacon sarnie" anti-Semitic is selective outrage. Check out what Islamists writing about him on Facebook.
— Anshel Pfeffer (@AnshelPfeffer) May 6, 2015
Sunday Times features man Josh Glancy enjoys them hamming up the humour:
Can't see anything anti-Semitic in the Sun front page. Think bacon pic just a vehicle for a visceral image and multiple puns
— Josh Glancy (@joshglancy) May 6, 2015